Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 598

Liu Ming looked at Yun Shang and remained silent for a long time before he said, "Lady Rui, now that the token is in your hand and you could find me, I will definitely obey your order."

Yun Shang smiled and nodded. She walked Liu Ming through what happened recently. She took out the map left by Luo Qingyan and handed it to him. "The Eldest Princess has hidden her soldiers in nearly ten different places, each of which has about 20, 000 or 30, 000 soldiers. There must be a way to contact each other among these spots. Once there was something wrong at one spot, they would quickly send a signal to others, letting the soldiers in the other spots either rescue or be alert. So we must have enough people to attack these spots at the same time, and destroy them all in one go."

Liu Ming didn't respond. He looked carefully at the map on his desk. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "It's the best that we can take them down at the same time as Lady Rui said. But if we can't, we still have to try every means to stop them from sending signals, so that we can buy time."

After saying that, he turned to Yun Shang again. "Your Highness, if you were the Eldest Princess, what kind of method will you use to send a signal that could be seen by soldiers in all these places at the same time?"

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and smiled. She knew that Liu Ming was not convinced. She took the token to him at the midnight, wanting to order the palace guards. But, Liu Ming was being polite to her because of the token in her hand, not because of her. So, he wanted to test Yun Shang to see if she was capable enough to make the palace guards convinced. Yun Shang fixed her eyes on the map. She had studied it many times and almost remembered it in her mind, but she never thought how the soldiers in different places get contact with each other.

If it was some common method, it would be fireworks, letters, pigeons or sound signals. But these methods were all limited. Fireworks could not be seen in the day. Letters or pigeons would take a long time, and the special sounds could only be heard from close distance.

Obviously, none of these methods could be adopted by them.

Yun Shang looked carefully at the spots circled by Luo Qingyan, which scattered around the Qian Fo Temple.

Yun Shang's hands trembled. What did she think of just now? All these spots were scattered around the Qian Fo Temple. Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. The Eldest Princess claimed to be a Buddhist and spent most of her time in the Qian Fo Temple, so these soldiers were all hidden near the temple.

Yun Shang put her hand on a spot next to the Qian Fo Temple. She squinted a little and a bright smile appeared on her face. Then she raised her head and said, "I see." Yun Shang said gently.

"Really?" Liu Ming was staring at the lamp on the table blankly. Flearing Yun Shang's voice, he turned to her and asked, "What is it?"

Yun Shang smiled and pointed at the spot. Her voice was soft but somewhat confident. "This is a spot next to Qian Fo Temple. I just found that it is the center among all these spots. Besides, I found that the Qian Fo Temple is located on the top of the mountain called Mount Kirin. As Mount Kirin is the highest place among all these spots, it could be seen easily. And other lower places also could be seen clearly from it." Liu Ming nodded. "You are right, but you still didn't tell us how they contact each other."

"Beacon fire." Yun Shang smiled calmly as if she was quite confident. "In fact, beacon fire is commonly used during war time. During daytime, you just need to light up some wet branches to make smokes. While in the night, you could light up dry branches to make fires. So when the spot on the Mount Kirin is being attacked, they could make beacon fire on the top of the mountain to send signals. Then soldiers in the other places will know something has happened. If accidents happen at any other spot, soldiers there still only need to light up the beacon fire. It could been seen by fellows at the spot on the Mount Kirin, and then they will send signals to other spots."

Liu Ming smiled after hearing this. "I thought it was just an exaggerated rumor that you tricked Mr. Liu, the army adviser who is proficient in tactics outside Jingyang City and KY City. But your quick response and capability really surprised me."

Yun Shang smiled calmly and asked, "So, Commander Liu, are you willing to do me this favor?"

Liu Ming knelt on one knee and bowed to Yun Shang. "Your Highness, I'm at your disposal."

Yun Shang smiled and helped him up. "Don't be so courteous. I know it will take some time to gather the palace guards. Could you tell me when we can take action?"

Liu Ming stood up, frowned, thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, just wait for me in the woods on the west suburb tomorrow evening."

Yun Shang was surprised.